saun
English
Noun
saun (plural sauns)
- A male elephant that is not part of a herd; a rogue.
- 1810, Decoy Elephants Catching a Male, in Enos Bronson (editor), Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines, Volume 3, page 123,
- Though on some occasions the mahouts accompany the koomkies up to the saun, yet it is safer, and generally the most sure and easy mode, for them to dismount in some contiguous cover with their blankets and ropes, leading the koomkies to the saun, towards which they proceed in the most cunning style.
- 1810, Decoy Elephants Catching a Male, in Enos Bronson (editor), Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines, Volume 3, page 123,
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sakna. Cognate to Finnish sauna and Livvi saunu.
Declension
Declension of saun (type leib)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | saun | saunad |
| genitive | sauna | saunade |
| partitive | sauna | saunu / saunasid |
| illative | sauna / saunasse | saunadesse / saunusse |
| inessive | saunas | saunades |
| elative | saunast | saunadest |
| allative | saunale | saunadele |
| adessive | saunal | saunadel |
| ablative | saunalt | saunadelt |
| translative | saunaks | saunadeks |
| terminative | saunani | saunadeni |
| essive | saunana | saunadena |
| abessive | saunata | saunadeta |
| comitative | saunaga | saunadega |
Middle English
Volapük
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